Reprezentace žen na lokální úrovni: Kvalitativní komparativní analýza úspěšnosti žen v českých komun Prečítať

WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S SUCCESS IN THE 2014 CZECH MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

Petr Bláha

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Politické vedy, Volume 20, Number 3/2017, pages 150-167

Odporúčaná forma citácie článku / Recommended form for quotation of the article:

BLÁHA, P. 2017. Reprezentace žen na lokální úrovni: Kvalitativní komparativní analýza úspěšnosti žen v českých komunálních volbách 2014. In Politické vedy. [online]. Roč. 20, č. 3, 2017. ISSN 1335–2741, s. 150-167. Dostupné na internete: <http://www.politickevedy.fpvmv.umb.sk/archiv-vydani/2017/3-2017/petr-blaha.html>.

ABSTRACT

Political representation of women is usually the subject of research at the national level of governance. Local level surveys are usually limited to statistical analysis or detailed descriptions of individual cases. As a rule, however, they do not address the determinants of the success of female candidates at the communal level. The study focuses on the success of female candidates at the local government level. The aim is to find a combination of conditionsleading to a higher degree of political representation of women in the regional cities of the Czech Republic. The main benefit of the study is the use of QCA based on Boolean Algebra, which is an alternative to classical qualitative and quantitative methods, as it attempts to combine the benefits of both approaches and on this basis can provide a more comprehensive explanation of the studied Cases. The results showed significant differences between towns in Bohemia and Moravia, when women in Moravian cities are significantly under-represented. On the territory of Bohemia, the representation of women is sufficient in cities, which were inhabited in the past mainly by the German population and after the Second World War was settled by the Czech population. The results offer the potential for future comparisons with the results of statistical analysis, but also for the international comparison of not only post-communist areas.

Key words: Czech Republic, local politics, local elections, women’s representation,QCA, gender